10 Years Ago

  • The Mineral County High School Softball season started with a Yerington tournament March 14-15, and Coach Courtney Quintero had nothing but praise for her girls.
  • The children performed a number of beautiful traditional Paiute dances. One dancer honored veterans while many others honored various animals found in the Walker Basin. The troupe honored antelope, eagles, snakes and other animals with special dances.
  • Greg West made an early morning visit to the local Amerigas office located at 1118 E. 5th St., to collect a $428.68 check from Amerigas to Boy Scout Troop 32 on March 21.

20 Years Ago

  • A Rapid intervention Team Training session was held for firefighters of the community. The classes are designated to help reduce fire ground fatalities. They practiced on ladder bails, hose bails and wall techniques. Twenty-one firefighters from Day-Zimmerman, Fallon Naval Air Station and Schurz participated.
  • Ed’s “Save Walker Lake” fishing derby was scheduled to start Saturday, March 27. First prize was $1,500.
  • PVT 2 Justin Banfield passed the Army Ranger Training School on his first attempt. This is an achievement that only 30 out of 150 trainees achieve. He was stationed at Ft. Lewis in Washington and will be deployed on missions from there.

30 Years Ago

  • Hawthorne Junior High student Meagan Koscinski received a medal and certificate for winning the Daughters of the American Revolution state essay Contest. Presentation of the awards was an awards banquet held in Las Vegas.
  • Jennifer Chase, a junior at MCHS, was selected to be a member of the Nevada All-State Choir.
  • Lady Serpents dominated the All Conference AA Central Division basketball team. Winning the honors were: Echo Dillard , Kari Emm, Shawna Hicks, Michelle Mullins, Jeri Munden, and Angela Munger.
  • State Assemblyman Roy Neighbors filed for reelection to that position.
  • Pat Fisk filed for reelection as recorded-Auditor of Mineral County.
  • Bob Tompkins filed as a candidate for Constable of Hawthorne Township.
  • Jan Bunning of Mina filed for the office of Public Administrator.
  • U. S. Senator Harry Reid was in Hawthorne attending an all day informational hearing on possible ways to obtain water for Walker Lake.

40 Years Ago

  • Science Fair winners were pictured in the paper. Winners were Amber Mortensen, Holly Koscinski, Shaun Heater, Connie Nelson, Megan Conley, Rhonda Hyatt, Jennifer Sweet, Charles Butler, and Jonas Munger. Rhonda Hyatt won the Best of Show.
  • Citizens of the Year awards were given by the Mineral County Chamber of Commerce to Rezalia Watson, Youth of the Year, Mary Komen , Woman of the Year, and Louis Dellamonica, man of the Year.

50 Years Ago

  • Kitty Heaney of Hawthorne was named 1974 Easter Seal Chairman for Mineral County.
  • Norma Scott was elected local Republican Party chairman.
  • MCHS was informed that it had been approved for accreditation status at a meeting held in Portland, Oregon.
  • At a meeting held at the First Southern Baptist Church it was decided to begin incorporating a council on addiction, later known bae the Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
  • The Serpents edged out Bishop in a baseball game.

60 Years Ago

  • A correction published in the newspaper stated that a report of a fire at the Reiter residence stated a stack of insulation between the furnace and the floor caused the fire, but Elwyn Reiter informed the paper that was incorrect, and that a deficiency in the fireplace caused the fire. He expressed his thanks to Louis Burr, Phil Cammarata, and Don Moody of the fire Department.
  • The Hawthorne area was jolted by an earthquake measuring 5.25 on the Richter scale.
  • Bruce Parks was elected as Democratic Central Committee chairman.
  • Uncle Vane Day told about the bachelor who sorrowfully said : “ I know l am getting old”…. ‘Few years ago women used to ask me why I didn’t get married. Now they just smile tolerantly.”

70 Years Ago

  • The Fallon girls won over Hawthorne in an afternoon game 30-15. Nancy Rader played her final game for MCHS and was the only senior on the team.
  • Harold Wright was  appointed to fill a vacancy on the Hawthorne City Council.
  • The Stead Air Force Base team won two baseball games from a combined Marine/Navy team representing Hawthorne NAD.

80 Years Ago

  • The new hall of the Mineral County Post of the American Legion was dedicated at ceremonies attended by high-ranking members of the U.S. Naval personnel stationed here, The exercises were opened by Ira A. Perry, Commander of the Post, assisted by W.C. West, adjutant.
  • Farrell L. Seevers, Mineral County Commissioner and local businessman, announced he would report to boot camp at Great Lakes Training Station and then on to the radio school.
  • Miss Nina Parker Wes was selected as Queen of the Mardi Gras Ball that more than 650 people attended at the Hawthorne USO. Princesses were Marilyn Marketti and Dorothy Cavin.
  • Postal rates were raised. First class mail would be $.01 for intercity or any place in the United States. There was to be no more $.02 postal rates for first class mail. Air mail increased to $.08 per ounce, money order fees were set back $.10 minimum and registered mail increased tonav$.20 minimum.
  • Rainbow girls Chapter was organized.
  • Cunha Motor Support opened for business in Hawthorne.

90 Years Ago

  • Governor Fred B. Balzar died March 21 at the age of 53. He had been confined to the Governor’s Mansion in Carson City for several weeks because of a lingering illness. He was born in Virginia City and the same year moved to Hawthorne with his parents when the town was established. His first employment was that of a brakeman on the Carson & Colorado Railroad and he later was promoted to conductor. He started his political career early, being elected to the state assembly from this county, when he was 23 years old. In 1908, one year after the county seat had been moved to Hawthorne to Goldfield, Balzar was elected one of the senators to represent Esmeralda County. In 1912, one year after Mineral County was created, Balzar was  elected the first state senator from this county. Four years later he was elected sheriff and assessor of Mineral County, a position he held for ten years before being elected governor. He was re-elect governor in 1930 and was serving his second term when he died.
  • The Independent criticized certain “commercial” groups in Reno that offered no help at all to have the Mt. Montgomery Highway completed. Some in Reno believed the Montgomery Route would divert traffic from Lovelock through Fallon to Montgomery.